Non-refillable bottle.



JOHN T. MOKENNA, OF NEW CANTON, VIRGINIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 20, 1910.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Serial No. 539,068.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. MOKENNA, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at New Canton, in the county of Buckingham and Stateof Virginia, have i11- vented new and useful Improvements inNon-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and the principalobject of the invention is to provide means capable of being applied tostandard forms of bottles without materially changing them in structurethus enabling the article to be placed on the market at a relatively lowcost.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel forms of valveswhich are normally seated in the neck of the bottle when the latter isin a perpendicular position, one of the said valves being constructed toserve the purpose of a stop for the other valve to limit its movement inone direction in the neck and to prevent its casual displacement.

A still further object of the invention it to provide valved means inthe neck of the bottle which cannot be tampered with without detectionthus enabling the purchaser to readily ascertain whether or not thepurchased package has been tampered with.

In the drawing, forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views:Figure 1 is a detail vertical section through a portion of my improvedbottle. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the bottle in a partly invertedposition. Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section taken on the line 33 ofFig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the combined valve and guard. Fig. 5is a similar view showing a slightly modified form of the same.

My improved article consists of a bottle 1 which is formed with a neck 2which communicates with the main body of the bottle as in the ordinarymanner. The neck is formed at its inner end with a downwardly andinwardly beveled face 3 which forms a seat for a spherical valve 4. Thevalve is preferably made of porcelain, glass, or suitable equivalentnon-corrosive mate rial or of such material that will not injure thecontents of the bottle. The valve 4 is free for slight longitudinalmovement of any suitable material which can be readily stamped orotherwise formed to provide a substantially semi-spherical crown orguard portion 6 which is partly surrounded by an upwardly and outwardlyextending flange 7 which is mounted for slight movement on a shoulder 8in the neck. The shoulder 8 has its walls extended directly into thewalls of the face 8. The shoulder 8 is formed by a cavity having a wall9 which serves as a stop to limit the outward sliding movement of thecombined guard and valve 5.

In practice, the bottle is filled in the ordinary manner, after whichthe valve 4 is inserted in the neck and properly lodged against the seatformed by the bevel face 3. After the valve 4 has been thus positionedin the neck of the bottle the combined valve and uard 6 is inserted andits flanged portion is manipulated in any suitable or desired manner tocause it to be confined in the cavity formed by the shoulders 8 and 9.After the valve 4 and the combined guard and valve 5 have beenoperatively positioned in the neck of the bottle the liquid therein canonly be removed after the bottle has been inverted. At this time theweight of the valve 4 will be suflicient to move the combined guard andvalve 5 in an outward direction to cause the flange 7 to rest againstthe shoulder 9. The flange 7 is serrated or formed to provide suitablepassages or substantially V-shaped notches 10 which are provided for thepurpose to establish communicat-ion between the neck and body portionsof the bottle when the latter is inverted as described. When the bottlehas been again moved to its perpendicular position the weight of thevalve 4 will restore it to its normal position. The weight of thecombined guard and valve 5 will be sufiicient to automatically restoreit to its normal position and communication between the neck and thebody portions of the bottle will be closed. The crown portion 6 of thecombined guard and valve 5 serves as a protector to prevent theintroduction of a tampering tool into the body of the bottle as will beunderstood. The flanged portion 7 of the combined guard and valve isguarded by the shoulder 9 to effectively prevent the introduction of atampering tool beneath the shoulder Which may be inserted for thepurpose of tampering with the flange to remove the said combined guardand valve from the neck.

The combination with a bottle having its neck formed at its lower end toprovide a tapered Valve seat and formed adjacent to the said seat andimmediately outwardly thereof to provide outwardly flared walls whichextend directly into the walls of the seat, a shoulder outwardly of thesaid flared walls, of a member of concavo-convex form having itsconcavity disposed immediately above the said valve seat and having anannular flared portion fitting the said outwardly flared Walls of theneck and formed to provide a plurality of discharge passages, and aspherical valve engaging the seat of the neck and operable for movementinto the concavity of the said concavo-convex member and operable tomove the member when the bottle is inverted to cause the same to rest onthe said shoulder of the neck to establish communication between theneck and the said body portion of the bottle.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN T. MOKENNA.

Witnesses:

M. M. DAVIS, A. T. FEIQUEA.

